Tucker Carlson: “We are called to be righteous, but not self righteous.”

“The whole thing begins with, I'm a pompous douchebag. I'll admit it. That's essential. It's essential. We are called to be righteous, but not self righteous. And we're also called, and I have to say this before opening it up to your hostile questions, we should also be very on guard against people who try to leverage the word of God, the words of Jesus, for political ends.” (27:24–27:28)

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